HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES 6. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex, age, and detailed ethnic group (Numbers in thousands) Hispanic or Latino ethnicity Employment status, sex, and age Total (1) Mexican origin Puerto Rican origin Cuban origin 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population...... 31,383 32,141 19,770 20,474 2,711 2,854 1,421 1,422 Civilian labor force.................... 21,602 22,024 13,672 14,009 1,684 1,822 898 897 Percent of population............... 68.8 68.5 69.2 68.4 62.1 63.9 63.2 63.1 Employed.............................. 20,382 20,346 12,908 12,931 1,551 1,634 862 841 Unemployed............................ 1,220 1,678 764 1,078 133 188 36 57 Unemployment rate................... 5.6 7.6 5.6 7.7 7.9 10.3 4.0 6.3 Not in labor force...................... 9,781 10,116 6,098 6,465 1,027 1,032 523 525 Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population...... 16,154 16,524 10,415 10,739 1,252 1,369 712 728 Civilian labor force.................... 13,005 13,255 8,553 8,762 865 961 511 528 Percent of population............... 80.5 80.2 82.1 81.6 69.1 70.2 71.7 72.6 Employed.............................. 12,310 12,248 8,122 8,106 791 849 490 491 Unemployed............................ 695 1,007 431 656 74 111 21 37 Unemployment rate................... 5.3 7.6 5.0 7.5 8.5 11.6 4.1 7.0 Not in labor force...................... 3,149 3,270 1,862 1,978 387 409 201 200 Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population...... 14,649 14,971 9,420 9,701 1,119 1,215 670 684 Civilian labor force.................... 12,403 12,629 8,134 8,332 819 901 497 506 Percent of population............... 84.7 84.4 86.4 85.9 73.2 74.1 74.1 74.0 Employed.............................. 11,827 11,769 7,779 7,774 761 814 478 473 Unemployed............................ 576 860 356 557 58 87 18 33 Unemployment rate................... 4.6 6.8 4.4 6.7 7.1 9.6 3.7 6.5 Not in labor force...................... 2,246 2,342 1,285 1,370 300 314 173 178 Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population...... 15,229 15,616 9,355 9,735 1,459 1,485 709 694 Civilian labor force.................... 8,597 8,769 5,119 5,247 819 862 387 369 Percent of population............... 56.5 56.2 54.7 53.9 56.1 58.0 54.6 53.2 Employed.............................. 8,072 8,098 4,786 4,825 760 785 372 349 Unemployed............................ 525 672 333 422 60 77 15 20 Unemployment rate................... 6.1 7.7 6.5 8.1 7.3 8.9 3.9 5.3 Not in labor force...................... 6,632 6,847 4,236 4,488 640 623 322 325 Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population...... 13,791 14,127 8,384 8,728 1,325 1,331 671 654 Civilian labor force.................... 8,108 8,274 4,784 4,908 770 810 380 361 Percent of population............... 58.8 58.6 57.1 56.2 58.1 60.9 56.6 55.2 Employed.............................. 7,662 7,707 4,508 4,562 720 744 366 344 Unemployed............................ 446 567 276 346 50 66 14 17 Unemployment rate................... 5.5 6.9 5.8 7.0 6.5 8.1 3.7 4.6 Not in labor force...................... 5,682 5,853 3,600 3,820 555 521 291 293 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population...... 2,944 3,042 1,967 2,045 267 308 80 84 Civilian labor force.................... 1,091 1,121 753 770 95 111 21 30 Percent of population............... 37.1 36.9 38.3 37.6 35.5 36.1 26.6 36.0 Employed.............................. 894 870 621 595 69 76 18 23 Unemployed............................ 197 251 132 175 25 35 4 7 Unemployment rate................... 18.1 22.4 17.6 22.7 26.8 31.8 (2) (2) Not in labor force...................... 1,853 1,921 1,213 1,275 172 197 59 54 1 Includes persons of Central or South American origin and of other Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, not shown separately. 2 Data not shown where base is less than 35,000. NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.